Fire-escape.



PATENTED MAR. 27, 1906. K. PUGH.

FIRE ESCAPE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. 1904.

STATES UNITE PATENT OFFICE FIRE-ESCAPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 27, 1906.

Application filed April 8, 1904. Serial 110,202,222.

T0 at?) whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KATE PUGH, a citizen of the United States, residingat Central City, in the county of Gilpin, State of Colorado, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Escapes; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fire-escapes, and more particularly to thatclass of escapes which may be removed from place to place, and has forits object to provide a fire-escape which may be quickly assembled whenre quired for use and which will be so arranged that persons descendingby means of it from a burning building will be protected from smoke andflames issuing from windows or other openings which it may be necessaryfor them to pass.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete fire-escape. Fig. 2 is atop plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 1. Fig. A is anenlarged detail sectional view of one of the movable blocks. tion ofFig. 4, illustrating the hook. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective viewshowing the manner in which the platforms are secured to the uprights.Fig. 7 is a detail elevation showing the union of the railings 18 and2 1. Fig. 8 is a detail view showing the hooked rods in section and thegangway disposed thereupon.

Referring now to the drawings, the present invention comprises fouruprights 6, 7, 8, and 9, each of which consists of sections 10, whichare connected by means of bayonet-joints 11. The lowermost of thesesections of each upright is provided with awheel 12, and on these wheelsthe fire-escape may be moved from place to place.

At intervals throughout their lengths the uprights are provided withhooks 13, which engage eyes 14, carried by platforms 15. Each of theseplatforms is provided with a pair of openings 16 and 17, and three sidesof each platform are provided with railings 18. The open sides of theplatforms are all disposed between the uprights 7 and 8, and it is Fig.5 is a side elevadesigned that these open sides of the platforms shallbe directed toward a burning building in order that persons may stepfrom the windows of the building onto the platform and in order to allowthem to pass from one platform to another and thus reach the ground aseries of ladders 19 are provided, and these ladders are disposed onebeneath each of the openings 16 and 17, these openings beingsufficiently large'to permit of the passage of a person therethrough.

Upon each'of the platforms 15, adjacent to the open side thereof, thereis secured a rod 20, which has slidably disposed thereon a pair ofblocks 21, having central passages 22 therethrough, with which the rod20 is engaged. Extending from the blocks 21 away from the platforms 15are hooked rods 23, which may be engaged with the window-sills of abuilding in position to support gangways 24, which are used when it isimpossible to bring the fire-escape sufliciently near the building topermit of stepping directly from the windows thereon.

In practice the fire-escape is conveyed to the fire in a wagon, afterwhich the uprights are assembled and the lowermost platform is placed inposition. After this has been done the remaining platforms are placed inposi tion, and as the structure increases in height additional sectionsare added to the uprights until the desired height is attained.

A ladder 25 is provided and has hooks 26 at one end, which may beengaged with the sill of a window above the topmost platform 15 thelower end of the ladder resting upon the topmost platform. This ladderis for use in connection with very high buildings, and it is providedwith an asbestos curtain 25, which is attached to the rearward sidethereof and prevents the flames and smoke from reaching persons who maypass down over the ladder Similar curtains 27 are attached to the edgesof the platforms 15, the curtains at the inner or open edges thereofbeing arranged on rods 28, so that they may be slid along to permit thepersons using the escape to reach the platform.

The gangways 24 are provided with railings 24, as shown.

What is claimed is A fire-escape including uprights, platforms connectedwith the uprights, ladders connecting the platforms, a ladder connectingthe lowermost platform with the ground, a rod In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature disposed at one edge of each platform, blocks inpresence of two Witnesses. slidably disposed upon the rod, rodsconnected with the blocks and having hooks at their KATE PUGH' 5 freeends for engagement With a building, and. Witnesses:

supplemental platforms removably disposed R. B. BROWN,

upon the rods, W. G. HAYDEN.

